Play buttonDigital Citizenship A parent's guide to raising a good digital citizenEngadget - Alyssa WalkerThe world is filled with technological pitfalls and online dangers. "Do you know what you're looking at?" I ask my five-year-old and seven-year-old when we're on the iPad. "Yeah, yeah," they grumble as
Cannes Film Festival Netflix acquires Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix winnerEngadget - Jon FingasIt also bought an independent critics' winner at the festival. Netflix isn't done pushing back against Cannes for rejecting its movies -- if anything, it's escalating the fight. The company has acquired
Politics After Math: What's the holdup?Engadget - Andrew TarantolaMake like a ska band's hype man and pickitup, pickitup, pickitup This week's theme is waiting. Sonic the Hedgehog fans will have to do three months of it after complaining about Sonic's oddly human teeth,
Technology Intel's Core i9-9900KS CPU can run all eight cores at 5GHzEngadget - Devindra HardawarIt wouldn't be Computex if Intel didn't have some sort of geek-friendly CPU reveals. This time around, it's the Core i9-9900KS, a "special edition" upgrade of its flagship 9900K. The biggest improvement?
Overwatch Intel's 10nm 'Ice Lake' CPUs can actually run games well in 1080pEngadget - Devindra HardawarHere's what you can expect from Intel's 11th generational integrated graphics. In December, Intel promised that its upcoming 10nm laptop CPUs will feature integrated graphics with over a teraflop worth
Taipei We’re live from Computex 2019 in Taipei!Engadget - Daniel CooperDon't buy a new PC or laptop until you've seen what's being announced. Every summer, the PC industry descends on the capital of Taiwan to show off the latest in components, laptops and gaming gear. It's
Poland Poland challenges EU's new copyright law over censorship fearsEngadget - Jon FingasIt says the content filtering requirement is a step backward. The EU's contentious copyright law is already facing some opposition from one of its existing members. Poland has submitted a complaint to
Play buttonApple Mac security hole reportedly lets attackers bypass app safeguardsEngadget - Jon FingasYou'd just need to trick the Mac into loading a network share. Apple may have another Gatekeeper security flaw on its hands. Researcher Filippo Cavallarin has detailed a macOS vulnerability that he said
Fiat Chrysler Fiat Chrysler may strike Renault deal to survive changing car industryEngadget - Jon FingasIt could help the company adapt to EVs, ridesharing and more. Fiat Chrysler hasn't been on the cutting edge of automotive change as of late. Unless you count concepts like the Centoventi, the company done
Alexa Alexa's intercom-like broadcasts come to more non-Echo devicesEngadget - Jon FingasAmazon has slowly been expanding the circle of devices that can use Alexa Announcements, but now it's throwing the gates wide open. The company has made the intercom-like feature available to any device
Microsoft Leak shows Microsoft's very purple 'Fortnite' Xbox One SEngadget - Jon FingasIf you don't mind getting an outgoing console, you'll be set. Microsoft's rumored Fortnite Xbox One appears to be real... and it wouldn't just be a basic software bundle. WinFuture claims to have obtained
Xbox One 'Dauntless' success leads to hours-long wait times across platformsEngadget - Mariella MoonThe launch of Phoenix Labs' co-op hunting RPG Dauntless was such a huge success, the developer has announced that the game attracted 4 million players in just a couple of days. In fact, the game drummed
Apple Watch Apple Watch ECG is coming to Canada 'as quickly as possible'Engadget - Jon FingasCanucks won't have to sit on the sidelines while their Apple Watch-toting friends in the US, Europe and Hong Kong perform electrocardiograms. Apple has confirmed that it's bringing the Watch Series 4's
National Security Agency (NSA) Ransomware attacks in US cities are using a stolen NSA toolEngadget - Jon FingasThe ransomware attacks in Baltimore and other US cities appear to have a common thread: they're using NSA tools on the agency's home soil. In-the-know security experts talking to the New York Times said
Overwatch League Overwatch League commissioner leaves to head competitive 'Fortnite'Engadget - Jon FingasIf it wasn't already apparent that Epic Games is serious about competitive Fortnite, it is now. The company has confirmed that it hired Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer (shown at middle) to oversee
Tame Impala Recommended Reading: Undercover moms battle autism 'cure' on FacebookEngadget - Billy SteeleThe best long-form writing on technology and more on the web. Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to 'cure' autism. These moms are trying to stop it. Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News Don't believe
Hitting the Books: An army of temps put a man on the moonEngadget - Andrew TarantolaWelcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought-provoking
Sonic the Hedgehog The Morning After: 'Sonic the Hedgehog' got rescheduledEngadget - Richard LawlerWelcome to your weekend! We'll recap some highlights from the last week, plus new stories from Friday including a new release date for Sonic the Hedgehog and reader's impressions of the most recent MacBook
Superchargers Some Tesla stations now limit Supercharging to 80 percentEngadget - Mariella MoonThe limit will be enforced at 17 percent of its stations in the US. Tesla has started putting a limit on some Supercharger stations in an effort to reduce wait times. In an employee memo seen by Electrek,
Technology First American security flaw leaked 885 million real estate documentsEngadget - Mariella MoonThe documents include sensitive data, such as Social Security numbers and bank information. First American Financial Corporation left as many as 885 million real estate documents dating as far back as
Apple Apple reportedly buys asthma-monitoring startupEngadget - Kris HoltTueo Health was working on an app to track symptoms while kids slept. Apple has snapped up a company called Tueo Health, which was working on an app to help parents monitor asthma symptoms of their sleeping
Xbox One Every Xbox One title will be playable on Project xCloudEngadget - Kris HoltIncluding backward compatible titles, you'll be able to stream more than 3,500 games. A major selling point for Xbox One is its broad backward compatibility with an array of Xbox and Xbox One games, giving
Facebook Facebook is fact checking the 'drunk Nancy Pelosi' video, but won't remove itEngadget - AJ DellingerFacebook won't remove a viral video that purports to show Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nacy Pelosi slurring her words. Instead, according to a Gizmodo report, the social network
Play buttonLatinx 'Black Mirror' spinoff will star Latinx influencersEngadget - Jon FingasThe three 'Little Black Mirror' shorts hit YouTube starting May 26th. You don't have to wait until June 5th to get your next fix of Black Mirror -- although it might not be what you were expecting. Netflix
Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg apparently tried to buy Panic, the creator of PlaydateEngadget - Christine FisherIf the company had responded, the handheld, hand-cranked console probably wouldn’t exist. Buried in Edge Magazine's exclusive feature on Playdate, is an interesting revelation. Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg
Product Reviews The Kia Niro EV is relentlessly sensibleEngadget - Roberto BaldwinThe EV market is growing. More people are realizing that the majority of their drives don't stray far from the cities or towns they live in. While a robust charging infrastructure still isn't in place
Huawei Huawei is banned from using SD cards in future devicesEngadget - AJ DellingerThings just keep getting worse for Huawei. The company was barred from being a member of the SD Association, the trade group responsible for standardizing SD and microSD cards. The change in status means
Smart Homes Control4's new hub connects 13,500 smart home devices on one screenEngadget - Christine FisherIt wants to unite smart home devices, no matter what company they're made by. Smart home connected devices can control everything from lighting and temperature to security systems and music. But with from
Cannabis Omura's Series 1 cannabis vaporizer uses 'flower cartridges'Engadget - James TrewCannabis vaporizers have come a long way. As weed becomes legal in more states, companies are free to devise new methods to administer the herb. Enter Omura and the Series 1. At first glance, it looks
Bungie is making 'Destiny 2' raid races more competitiveEngadget - Jon FingasYou might not have to treat them like jobs to stand a chance. Destiny 2's World First raid races are supposed to provide glory and rewards to anyone with a sufficiently committed fireteam, but that's how
